Tired of Being Sorry

We say so many things to each other, without thinking about whether or not the person being addressed is going to be hurt. A slip of the tongue, if you may.  But we get all hot and bothered when similar things are spoken to us, unintentionally again, in an effort to elicit a laugh from a crowd of admiring friends. I can dish it out but I can’t take it? That’s not really fair. 

But like everything else, the hurt caused always fades away, faster than we think it will. At times a good laugh or two is all it takes for you to move on with your life. To 'forget'.  But the memory remains, somewhere inside your head, waiting to rear its ugly head just when you’re at your most vulnerable… 

If I were to apologize to everyone I have ever hurt, and to those that I may have hurt without even being aware of it, I don't think I'd even come close to completing my task. Because a lot of it was unintentional, unrealized, unmentionable, unremembered. So should I just move on? But this really isn't supposed to be about me. Is it?This is about every hurt, every slight, every reprimand, and every wound which had yours truly as a conspirator or co-conspirator. I'm tired of being sorry..